DHAKA: Customs intelligence department seized 9kg gold from an Indian citizen at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Monday.

They also detained the Indian citizen Zayed Aktar, 32, at 3:30pm on the day.

Customs intelligence department director general Dr Mainul Khan confirmed the matter to banglanews.

He said that, on suspicion, they held Zayed, a passenger of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Bangkok, and recovered the amount of gold worth Tk 4 crore from commode and flash pipe carried by him.

BDST: 1840 HRS, JAN 05, 2015